Trademark class for packaged food products
To register a trademark for a packaged food brand in India — covering snacks, spices, ready-to-eat, condiments, and other packaged food brands — you file under the NICE class(es) that match what you sell or do. The main class is Class 30 (Staple foods & confectionery). Here are the classes most packaged food products businesses file in, and why.
Primary class
30Class 30 — Staple foods & confectionery
Staple foods and confectionery — spices, snacks, flour, biscuits, sauces, ice cream.
What Class 30 coversOther classes packaged food products businesses often add
A single brand can be protected across several classes in one multi-class application — each adds its own government fee.
Trademark classes for packaged food products — FAQ
Which trademark class is a packaged food brand registered in?
The primary class is Class 30 (Staple foods & confectionery). Staple foods and confectionery — spices, snacks, flour, biscuits, sauces, ice cream. Many packaged food products businesses also file in Class 29, Class 35 to cover the full brand.
Do I need to register in more than one class for packaged food products?
Often, yes. A trademark only protects the goods and services in the classes you file. If a packaged food brand sells products and also retails them online, those can be different classes — Class 30, Class 29, Class 35. You can cover them all in one multi-class application, but each class adds its own government fee.
How much does it cost to trademark a packaged food brand in India?
The government fee is ₹4,500 per class for an individual, startup, or small enterprise (e-filing), and ₹9,000 per class for companies and other applicants. So filing in 3 classes costs 3 × that per-class fee. Use the Trademark Fee Calculator to total it for your applicant type.
How do I make sure my packaged food products name is available?
Before you file, run a conflict check against the Indian Trade Marks Registry in your class to see if an identical or similar mark already exists. Filing a name that conflicts with an earlier mark risks objection or opposition — and the loss of your fee.
Is your packaged food products name free to register?
Run a live Indian Trade Marks Registry conflict check in Class 30 before you file — and let Novipra docket every deadline that follows.